{"id":4366,"date":"2016-04-22T13:59:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T18:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/?p=4366"},"modified":"2016-04-22T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T01:00:12","slug":"modjeska-school-kicks-off-sunday-guest-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scpronet.com\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/22\/modjeska-school-kicks-off-sunday-guest-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Modjeska School kicks off Sunday lectures with Ben Tillman scholar Vernon Burton"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Modjeska Simkins School for Human Rights<\/span><\/h2>\n

presents<\/span>
\n Sunday Socials<\/span><\/strong>
\n on occasional Sundays 4-6pm<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe Carriage House at the Robert Mills Mansion
\n1616 Blanding St., downtown Columbia (adjacent to Township Auditorium)<\/p>\n

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April 24<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nationally renowned scholar on Pitchfork Ben Tillman and the Jim Crow Constitution of 1895, Dr. Vernon Burton<\/span>,<\/strong> will lead discussion about our state\u2019s most racist governor and how the rules he championed still affect life in South Carolina.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0 \u2022<\/span><\/p>\n

May 1<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Jack_bass-330\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Noted author of The Orangeburg Massacre, <\/em>Jack Bass<\/span>,<\/strong> will lead discussion after a screening of the hour-long 2009 film Scarred Justice, about the 1968 killings at SC State College.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0 \u2022<\/span><\/p>\n

May 15
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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USC Associate Professor of History and lead Historian for the Columbia \u201863 Project, Dr. Bobby Donaldson<\/span>,<\/strong> will lead discussion about student leaders from the 1940s-1960s, the work of the Progressive Democratic Party, and the Southern Negro Youth Congress.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 \u2022\u00a0 \u2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday Socials are a free, public component of the Modjeska School, a project of the SC Progressive Network. For details, see www.scpronet.com\/modjeskaschool<\/a>, email network@scpronet.com<\/a>, or call SC Progressive Network at 803-808-3384.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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